Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

US CHARITABLE TRUST

The Us Charitable Trust exists to mobilise marginalised young people in London through the development of transferable life skills & cultural & social capital; equipping them with the confidence & freedom to fulfil their dreams & secure a bright & meaningful future. Us provides practical assistance into Universities, apprenticeships & employment, while supporting wellbeing & personal development.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£164£110£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£85£93£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£86£80£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£74£71£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£76£70£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£83£66£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£61£65£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£98£86£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£89£86£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£103£51£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£73£126£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.theuscharitabletrust.org

info@uscharitabletrust.org

07415319353

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£262,080
John Lyon's Charity£115,500
BBC Children in Need£53,849
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The US Charitable Trust
£53,849 05/04/2023
36
This project will support young people who have English as an additional language to gain qualifications and vital soft skills such as confidence, ambition, communication skills and emotional regulation.
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to The US Charitable Trust
£6,600 11/01/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Core funding - Development Manager
£170,923 18/11/2022
The funding will support the project's Core funding - Development Manager Project. The US Charitable Trust (USCT) exists to mobilise marginalised young people in Brent through the development of transferable life skills and cultural and social ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to The US Charitable Trust
£99,000 16/06/2021
COO salary
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to The US Charitable Trust
£4,000 01/06/2021
Summer Arts camp and Fete
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Small Grants - Summer 2021 Arts Camp and fete
£5,000 28/04/2021
A series of arts and culture activities held over Summer 2021, free for local young people
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to The US Charitable Trust
£5,900 06/07/2020
12
CV19 Summer Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Cultural and Social Capital
£91,157 02/03/2020
37
The funding will be used to help the organisation grow capacity and increase efficiency, which will enable young people in Brent to develop their skills and encourage them to pursue their own interests, to achieve their full potential.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to The US Charitable Trust
£4,000 29/06/2019
12
No Pen - Urban Multisports (Pen - abbreviation of the word Penalty or Penitentiary)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • AKEEM GRAHAM Appointed: 2023
  • ALFRED QUARTEY Appointed: 2023
  • CLIVE NYAWO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Executive
  • CONSUELO LILY AINLEY Appointed: 2023
  • DILLON DONNELLY-TRIMBLE Appointed: 2022
  • ENDY MCKAY Appointed: 2014
  • HELEN ANIMASHAUN Appointed: 2023
  • KATE HOWELL Appointed: 2021
  • NADIYAH ISMAIL Appointed: 2023
  • SERENA BALFOUR Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director / Mediator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2012, number: 1147089
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/02/2012, number: 07953247
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR17: 127 days late, AR13: 1 days late,
Main office

Newman Catholic College
145 Harlesden Road
London
NW10 3RN

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HARLESDEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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